Re: [gentoo-user] subscribe

2005-09-10 Thread Paul Hoy
On Sep 10, 2005, at 8:27 PM, Dave Nebinger wrote: Josh M. Anders, MVP, MCSE+ Senior System Administrator UNIX Expert For all of that you'd think the guy would know how to subscribe to a mailing list ;-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list LOL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-09-04 Thread Paul Hoy
On Sep 4, 2005, at 11:20 PM, Bob Sanders wrote: On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 00:56:56 +0100 Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fair comment. If you're talking about individual user/admins then the learning curve of installing and administering a different OS (not necessarily more difficult, jus

Re: [gentoo-user] MacOS 10.4 (Tiger) can't connect to smaba share

2005-08-26 Thread Paul Hoy
On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 11:59 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > > One Mac with the new OS 10.4 (Tiger) can't connect to my Samba shares, Mac's > with 10.3 have no problems. I have also emerged the latest version of Samba. > > This is what i see in the smaba logs: > [2005/08/26 13:44:07, 0] r

[gentoo-user] Portage Won't Start now after update - help

2005-08-25 Thread Paul Hoy
m'" in > ignored I believe that my version of gnome-vfs is part of the problem. I'm running gnome-vfs-2.10.1-r2. I believe if I get porthole to import "gnomevfs," then porthole will work. So, how do I get it to import "gnomevs"? And, if this is not the prob

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle on Gentoo Reiserfs filesystem - Possible?

2005-08-23 Thread Paul Hoy
On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:41 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:43:05 -0400, Paul Hoy Gmail wrote: > > > The Gentoo HOWTO wiki explains that a user should enable extended > > attributes for his or her filesystems, and shows how you can do so > > with Ext2

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-15 Thread Paul Hoy
On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 13:11 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:58:54 -0400 > Paul Hoy wrote: > > > Coincidently, I received a bunch of Fedora 3 & 4 email > > updates earlier today, which shows that Gentoo is behind 23 out of 24 of > > the updates, s

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-15 Thread Paul Hoy
On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 22:00 +0200, Peter Karlsson wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Paul Hoy wrote: > > > I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good job at > > supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other releases, such as > > Fed

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle on Gentoo Reiserfs filesystem - Possible?

2005-08-15 Thread Paul Hoy
On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:41 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:43:05 -0400, Paul Hoy Gmail wrote: > > > The Gentoo HOWTO wiki explains that a user should enable extended > > attributes for his or her filesystems, and shows how you can do so > > with Ext2

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-15 Thread Paul Hoy
On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:28 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:40:49 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > > However, when I first used gentoo I was always the first in my LUG to > > have the latest kde, evolution, mplayer etc, and that was running x86 > > not ~x86. My perception is that g

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle on Gentoo Reiserfs filesystem - Possible?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 08:00 +0300, Rumen Yotov wrote: > Paul Hoy Gmail wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I'm confused about running Beagle on a Gentoo reiserfs filesystem. > > > >Gentoo provides a HOWTO Beagle (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Beagle) > >an

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle on Gentoo Reiserfs filesystem - Possible?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 06:54 +0200, Nagatoro wrote: > Paul Hoy Gmail wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm confused about running Beagle on a Gentoo reiserfs filesystem. > > > > Gentoo provides a HOWTO Beagle (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Beagle) > > and u

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 01:19 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > alls the few > packages you can't find in Gentoo, and putting them in /usr/local or > /opt. Heck, I was doing the... Hi Walter, Exactly what I've started to do. Problem is, I'm only beginning to learn how to let Portage know that my manual

[gentoo-user] Beagle on Gentoo Reiserfs filesystem - Possible?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy Gmail
Hello, I'm confused about running Beagle on a Gentoo reiserfs filesystem. Gentoo provides a HOWTO Beagle (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Beagle) and uses a reiserfs filesystem (included extended attributues) as an example throughout. However, the Beagle Web site states in its FAQ (http://www.beagl

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 20:55 -0500, Joe Menola wrote: > On Sunday August 14 2005 8:48 pm, Zac Medico wrote: > > You can export variables in the shell (not generally recommended) or put > > them directly on the command line. > > > > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -s foo > > > > It's best to use /etc/p

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 18:48 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: > Paul Hoy wrote: > > > > On Aug 14, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:38:28 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Unstable does not really cut

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 14, 2005, at 9:34 PM, Holly Bostick wrote: Paul Hoy schreef: See inline On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Holly Bostick wrote: Nick Rout schreef: On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:12:31 -0700 Zac Medico wrote: Hi Paul, Are we really far behind? That's difficult to believe. For

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 14, 2005, at 8:58 PM, Holly Bostick wrote: Paul Hoy schreef: On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:42:19 -0400, Paul Hoy wrote: I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good job at supporting Gnome, however, it&#

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 14, 2005, at 9:01 PM, Zac Medico wrote: Paul Hoy wrote: On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:42:19 -0400, Paul Hoy wrote: I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good job at supporting Gnome, however, it's

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 14, 2005, at 7:26 PM, Joe Menola wrote: On Sunday August 14 2005 5:43 pm, Paul Hoy wrote: On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:05 PM, Joe Menola wrote: On Sunday August 14 2005 2:42 pm, Paul Hoy wrote: Linux from Scratch looks very interesting: it appears to rapidly support the latest updates

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 14, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:38:28 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: Unstable does not really cut it IMHO. I am a gentoo enthusiast throughand through, but plonking something in portage with a ~ beside it doesnot constitute a release of a recent version IMHO. They'r

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 14, 2005, at 6:06 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sunday 21 August 2005 22:05, Jerry McBride wrote: What and where EXACTLY is gentoo behind any other release? gcc4 since fedora switched to gcc4, all the version-number-junkies got itchy. Is not too bad, if some of them go to

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
See inline On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Holly Bostick wrote: Nick Rout schreef: On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:12:31 -0700 Zac Medico wrote: Hi Paul, Are we really far behind? That's difficult to believe. For what packages specifically? Do you know how to unmask unstable packages (mark

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:38 PM, Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:12:31 -0700 Zac Medico wrote: Hi Paul, Are we really far behind? That's difficult to believe. For what packages specifically? Do you know how to unmask unstable packages (marked M or M~ at packages.gentoo.org)? U

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:42:19 -0400, Paul Hoy wrote: I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good  job at supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other releases,  such as Fedora, in terms of when it releases updates

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 21, 2005, at 4:05 PM, Jerry McBride wrote: On Sunday 14 August 2005 03:42 pm, Paul Hoy wrote: Hi all, This email isn't intended to troll, but to explore Linux variants that share certain characteristics. Nice way to introduce yourself on a distribution support mai

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 14, 2005, at 4:12 PM, Zac Medico wrote:Paul Hoy wrote: Hi all,This email isn't intended to troll, but to explore Linux variants that share certain characteristics. I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good job at supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other r

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:33 PM, Joe Menola wrote: On Sunday August 14 2005 4:22 pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:05:22 -0500, Joe Menola wrote: I've built both Gentoo and LFS. A side by side comparison comes up pretty much equal. Except for documentation, where Gentoo wins hands

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:05 PM, Joe Menola wrote: On Sunday August 14 2005 2:42 pm, Paul Hoy wrote: Linux from Scratch looks very interesting: it appears to rapidly support the latest updates and it has decent documentation. Does any one have any perspectives on Linux from Scratch, from a

[gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

2005-08-14 Thread Paul Hoy
Hi all,This email isn't intended to troll, but to explore Linux variants that share certain characteristics. I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good job at supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other releases, such as Fedora, in terms of when it releases updates,